Essays Tagged: "british broadcasting corporation"
The life and times of the master impressionist Peter Sellers
o learned to play the banjo and ukulele. Just after his 18th birthday, Sellers was drafted into the British Royal Air Force. He became an official RAF concert entertainer, and between 1943 and 1946, S ... ums for the other servicemen.After returning home from the war, Sellers pursued a position with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). By 1948 he had taken part in a few moderately successful aud ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
Radio analysis
ne in to radio news. In Britain alone, every week over 12 million listen to news bulletins from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on five radio networks.The language of the news media, especi ... (cf. Microsoft Encarta, 1994) (Source: Microsoft Encarta, 1994)2.2 The following yearsIn 1873, the British physicist James Clerk-Maxwell announces the theory of electro-magnetic waves.In 1888, Heinri ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media
Minorities vs. The Criminal Justice System
that are entering the criminal justice system has been on the rise for many years. According to the British Broadcasting Corporation World News, "the number of people imprisoned in the United States i ... t Call for Response. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2004."More black US men 'in jail than college'." British Broadcasting Corporation News 29 August, 2002. 27 November, 2004 ."Nation's Juvenile Incarce ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
Positive and Negative Aspects of the Internet
tures and sound. Many of these websites have been developed by established news providers, like the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Cable News Network (CNN) and American News Company (ABC). Th ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking
The Poster Wars
dience knows as fact or that they will later find out as true. During World War II (1939-1945), the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) made broadcasts of propaganda to Europe. The BBC was given a ... nda to Europe. The BBC was given a reputation of being truthful by making each initial broadcast of British losses and defeats. Another method of gaining people's trust is to agree with their own exis ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II
Fern Hill
as had a beautiful speaking voice, so by 1937 he was being offered jobs as a poetry reader for the "British Broadcasting Corporation". He would read other people poetry aloud over the radio. This conn ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Media Violence
r left breast was exposed and approximately 90 million people viewed this and then broadcasters CBS(British Broadcasting Corporation ) received complaints around 542,000 and even CBS was fined of $550 ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues